Governors of Kentucky, 1792-2019(May beincomplete!) IsaacShelby 1792-96JamesGarrard 1796-1804ChristopherGreenup 1804-08CharlesScott 1808-12IsaacShelby 1812-16GeorgeMadison 1816GabrielSlaughter 1816-20JohnAdair 1820-24JosephDesha 1824-28ThomasMetcalfe 1828-32JohnBreathitt 1832-34JamesT. Morehead 1834-36JamesClark 1836-39CharlesA. Wickliffe 1839-40RobertP. Letcher 1840-44WilliamOwsley 1844-48JohnJ. Crittenden 1848-50JohnLarue Helm 1850-51LazarusW. Powell 1851-55CharlesS. Morehead 1855-59BeriahMagoffin 1859-62JamesF. Robinson 1862-63ThomasE. Bramlette 1863-67JohnLarue Helm 1867JohnW. Stevenson 1867-71PrestonHopkins Leslie 1871-75JamesB. McCreary 1875-79LukeP. Blackburn 1879-83J.Proctor Knott 1883-87SimonBuckner 1887-91JohnY. Brown 1891-95WilliamO. Bradley 1895-99WilliamS. Taylor 1899-1900WilliamJ. Goebel 1900J.C. W. Beckham 1900-07AugustusE. Willson 1907-11JamesB. McCreary 1911-15AugustusO. Stanley 1915-19JamesD. Black 1919EdwinP. Morrow 1919-23WilliamJ. Fields 1923-27FlemD. Sampson 1927-31RubyLaffoon 1931-35AlbertB. Chandler 1935-39KeenJohnson 1939-43SimeonWillis 1943-47EarleC. Clements 1948-50LawrenceW. Wetherby 1950-55AlbertB. Chandler 1955-59BertT. Combs 1959-63EdwardT. Breathitt 1963-67LouieB. Nunn 1967-71WendellH. Ford 1971-74JulianM. Carroll 1974-79JohnY. Brown, Jr. 1979-83MarthaLayne Collins 1983-87WallaceG. Wilkinson 1987-91BreretonC. Jones 1991-95PaulE. Patton 1995-2003ErnieFletcher 2003-07SteveBeshear 2007-15MattBevin 2015-19AndyBeshear 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1816 Oct 14:GeorgeMadison, died in office. 1828:WilliamT. Barry, defeated. 1832:RichardA. Buckner, defeated. 1834 Feb 21:JohnBreathitt, died in office. 1839 Sep 27:JamesClark, died in office. 1840:RichardFrench (Dem), defeated. 1844 Aug 5:WilliamOwsley (Whig), elected;WilliamO. Butler (Dem), defeated. 1848 Aug 7:JohnJ. Crittenden (Whig), elected;LazarusW. Powell (Dem), defeated. 1851 Aug 4:LazarusW. Powell (Dem), elected;ArchibaldDixon (Whig), defeated;CassiusM. Clay, defeated. 1855:BeverlyL. Clarke (Dem), defeated. 1859:JoshuaF. Bell (Whig), defeated. 1867 Sep 8:JohnLarue Helm, died in office. 1871:JohnMarshall Harlan (Rep), defeated. 1879:WalterEvans (Rep), defeated. 1883:ThomasZantzinger Morrow (Rep), defeated. 1887:WilliamO. Bradley (Rep), defeated. 1895:WilliamO. Bradley (Rep), elected. 1900 Feb 3:WilliamJ. Goebel, died in office. 1907:AugustusE. Willson (Rep), elected. 1911:EdwardC. O'Rear (Rep), defeated. 1915 Nov 2:AugustusO. Stanley (Dem), elected;EdwinP. Morrow (Rep), defeated;L.L. Pickett (Prohibition), defeated;CharlesDobbs (Socialist), defeated;FredJ. Drexler (Progressive), defeated. 1919 Nov 4:EdwinP. Morrow (Rep), elected;JamesD. Black (Dem), defeated;GeorgeD. Becker (Socialist), defeated. 1923 Aug 4:J.Campbell Cantrill (Dem), nominated, but died before the election;AlbenW. Barkley (Dem), defeated in primary. 1923 Nov 6:WilliamJ. Fields (Dem), elected;CharlesI. Dawson (Rep), defeated;WilliamS. Demuth (Farmer-Labor), defeated;MartinA. Brinkman (Socialist), defeated. 1927 Aug 6:J.C. W. Beckham (Dem), nominated;RobertT. Crowe (Dem), defeated in primary. 1927 Aug 6:FlemD. Sampson (Rep), nominated;RobertH. Lucas (Rep), defeated in primary. 1927 Nov 8:FlemD. Sampson (Rep), elected;J.C. W. Beckham (Dem), defeated. 1931:WilliamB. Ardery (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1931 Nov 3:RubyLaffoon (Dem), elected;WilliamB. Harrison (Rep), defeated;JohnJ. Thobe (Socialist), defeated;HermanHorning (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1935:ElamHuddleston (Dem), defeated in primary;FrederickA. Wallis (Dem), defeated in primary;ThomasS. Rhea (Dem), defeated in primary;BaileyP. Wootton (Dem), defeated in primary. 1935:KingSwope, defeated. 1939:JohnSherman Cooper, defeated for nomination;L.O. Smith, defeated for nomination;G.Tom Hawkins, defeated for nomination;CharlesD. Arnett (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1939:JohnY. Brown, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary;UlyssesG. Foster (Dem), defeated in primary. 1939:KingSwope, defeated. 1943:BenKilgore (Dem), defeated in primary;RodesK. Myers (Dem), defeated in primary. 1943:J.Lyter Donaldson (Dem), defeated. 1947:HarryLee Waterfield, defeated for nomination;R.E. Lee Murphy, defeated for nomination;JesseW. Knox, defeated for nomination. 1947:JohnF. Williams (Rep), defeated in primary. 1947:EldonS. Dummit (Rep), defeated. 1951:HowellW. Vincent, defeated for nomination. 1951:JesseR. N. Cecil (Dem), defeated in primary. 1951:W.Howes Meade (Rep), defeated in primary. 1951:EugeneSiler, defeated. 1955:BertT. Combs, defeated for nomination;JamesL. Clay (Rep), defeated for nomination. 1955:JesseR. N. Cecil (Dem), defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:AlbertB. Chandler (Dem), elected;EdwinR. Denney (Rep), defeated;RobertH. Garrison (Prohibition), defeated;JesseK. Lewis (Free Citizens), defeated. 1959:HarryLee Waterfield (Dem), defeated for nomination. 1959:JesseR. N. Cecil (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesL. Delk (Dem), defeated in primary. 1959:JohnM. Robsion, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1971 May 15:BertT. Combs, defeated for nomination. 1975 May 27:JulianM. Carroll (Dem), nominated;ToddHollenbach (Dem), defeated in primary;MaryLouise Foust (Dem), defeated in primary;RobertMcCreary Johnson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1975 May 27:RobertE. Gable (Rep), nominated;ElmerBegley, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;TommyKlein (Rep), defeated in primary;GranvilleThomas (Rep), defeated in primary. 1975 Nov 4:JulianM. Carroll (Dem), elected;RobertE. Gable (Rep), defeated. 1979 May 29:JohnY. Brown, Jr. (Dem), nominated;HarveyI. Sloane (Dem), defeated in primary;W.Terry McBrayer (Dem), defeated in primary;CarrollHubbard, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;ThelmaL. Stovall (Dem), defeated in primary;LyleL. Willis (Dem), defeated in primary;GeorgeAtkins (Dem), defeated in primary;DorisShuja Binion (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnJ. Weikel (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 May 29:LouieB. Nunn (Rep), nominated;RayB. White (Rep), defeated in primary;ElmerBegley, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;ThurmanJ. Hamlin (Rep), defeated in primary. 1979 Nov 6:JohnY. Brown, Jr. (Dem), elected;LouieB. Nunn (Rep), defeated. 1983:HarveyI. Sloane (Dem), defeated in primary. 1983 May 24:JimBunning (Rep), nominated;LesterH. Burns, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;DonaldCecil Wiggins, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;ElizabethWickham (Rep), defeated in primary;ThurmanJ. Hamlin (Rep), defeated in primary;BenAuxier, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary. 1983 Nov 8:MarthaLayne Collins (Dem), elected;JimBunning (Rep), defeated;NicholasD. McCubbin (Citizens United), defeated. 1987 May 26:WallaceG. Wilkinson (Dem), nominated;JohnY. Brown, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;SteveBeshear (Dem), defeated in primary;GradyStumbo (Dem), defeated in primary;JulianM. Carroll (Dem), defeated in primary;StanleyLuttrell (Dem), defeated in primary;DinwiddieLampton, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;AnneMoore (Dem), defeated in primary. 1987 May 26:JohnHarper (Rep), nominated;JosephE. Johnson III (Rep), defeated in primary;LeonardW. Beasley (Rep), defeated in primary;ThurmanJ. Hamlin (Rep), defeated in primary. 1987 Nov 3:WallaceG. Wilkinson (Dem), elected;JohnHarper (Rep), defeated. 1991:ScottyBaesler (Dem), defeated in primary. 1991 May 28:GatewoodGalbraith (Dem), defeated in primary. 1995 May 23:GatewoodGalbraith (Dem), defeated in primary. 1995 May 23:TommyKlein (Rep), defeated in primary. 1995 Nov 7:GatewoodGalbraith (Ind), defeated. 1999 Nov 2:GatewoodGalbraith (Reform), defeated. 2003:BenChandler (Dem), defeated. 2007:SteveBeshear (Dem), elected. 2007 May 22:GatewoodGalbraith (Dem), defeated in primary. 2011 Nov 8:GatewoodGalbraith (Ind), defeated. 2015 May 19:JamesComer (Rep), defeated in primary. | |